Camargo Enters Guilty Plea, Sentencing Phase Continues Wednesday

Source: Lubbock Co. Sheriff

The crime is aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and one man could spend the rest of his life in prison for it.

Monday, during his trial, Eddie Camargo pleaded guilty in a Lubbock County Courtroom. According to his indictment, Camargo hit his wife with a bat and choked her with a cord inside their Slaton home. The incident happened on April 20th of 2004. Camargo was arrested later that night after authorities say he tried to drive his car off a cliff on County Road 3600, near Ransom Canyon.